Trolley.



u. 712,539. Patent'ed Nov. 4, |902.

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(Applicationj Med July 3, 1902.) (No UodeL) llllullll l UNITED STATES-y yPari-:rvr OFFICE.

NEWTON HUBLINGER, OF BARBERTON, OIIIO.

TROLLEY.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters` Patent N. 712,539, dated November 4, 1902. Application led July 3,1902. Serial No.114,212. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom-t may concern:

Be it known thatI, NEWTON HUBLINGER,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trolleys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in trolleys to be used with electrically-driven street-cars, arranged to run on the under side of a trolley-wire and conduct the electric cur-A rent from said wire to suitable motors by` which the powernecessary to operate the car 1 is furnished.

The object of-my invention is to produce a` my invention consists in' the peculiar and Vnovel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and then specifically claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, fonminga part of this specification.`

In the accompanying drawings, in similar reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved trolley, and Fig. 2 a plan thereof.

In the drawings, lis a head adapted to, rest on the trolley-pole and be connected therewith by means of a short stub-shaft 2, which enters the end of said pole. This head at its upper or outer end is horizontally bifurcated,

and near the ends of the branches are op- `positcly-disposed openings, in and between which extends a shaft 3, which is designed to be substantially vertical when the trolley is against the under side of the wire. Inclosing the shaft 3, between the branches of the head l, is a sleeve 4, terminating at its upper end in two sloping opposite like arms 5, between which is placed the trolley-wheel G, mounted on a shaft '7, secured in said arms.

which On the under side of the upper branch of the head is an eye 8, the lower part of which is perforated vertically, and in the lower branch of the trolley and in vertical alinement with the perforation in the eye of the upper branch is a like perforation. Projecting from the sleeve 4 is a short arm 10, having a like perforation with the perforations in the upper and lower branches and in alinement therewith when the trolley is in line with the head. A trolley-cord 9 passes from below through the branches and arm l0 and is secured by a knot in the eye S.v It will be seen from this construction that the sleeve 4 is capable of a large amount of rotation on the shaft 3, thereby permitting the wheel 6 to follow any irregularities of the'wire, and in replacing the trolley after displacement by pulling the cord 9 the trolley is not only drawn below the trolley-wire, but into accurate alinement therewith, thereby rendering replacement of the trolley a simple matter. l

i Having thus described myinvention, what I claim isy l. An improved trolley consisting of a hori- Azontally -bifurcated head, the arms of said head being perforated in alinement to receive a shaft, a shaft mounted therein, a sleeve mounted on said shaft having sloping arms, a trolley-wheel mounted between said arms, and means for revolving said sleeveon said shaft to bring the trolley in alinement with said wire, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved trolley consisting of a horizontally-bifurcated head with means for securing it to a trolley-pole, means for securing a cord in the upper arm of said head 'and a hole in the lower arm through which to pass it, a shaft mounted between said arms, a sleeve mounted on said arm having an arm to extend between the arms of said head with a perforation for the trolley-cord and sloping arms with a trolley-wheelmounted between them and a cord secured inthe upper arm of said head and passing through the arm of said sleeve and lower arm of said head, substantially as shown and described.

` 3. The herein-described trolley consisting of a bifurcated head having a perforated eye in the upper branch and a perforation in the lower branch,a vertical shaft pivotally mounted between said branches with offset arms unto set my hand in the presence of two subabove the upper branch, and a pivoted arm seribing Witnesses. between said branches a, Wheel mounted between said offset; armsand means to secure NEWTON HUBLlNGER' 5 said head to a trolley-pole, substantially as In presence ofshown and described. C. P. HUMPHREY, In testimony that; I claim the above I here- 0. E. HUMPHREY. 

